Good morning, everyone. I'll call this meeting to order. This is the 16th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance. We are continuing our pre-budget consultations for 2011.
We have two panels this morning. In our first panel we have seven organizations joining us here: the Canadian Construction Association, the Canadian Cooperative Association, the Canadian Healthcare Association, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, and the Hotel Association of Canada.
Thank you all for being with us. You'll each have a maximum of five minutes for an opening statement.
We'll begin with the Canadian Construction Association, please.